Management committee session
Norma Rodríguez
Commission for the management and protection of sea turtles.
1.By consensus of the interested parties, INCOPESCA, ADIO, UCR, and SINAC created a commission of co-management and created a legal framework established with executive decree DAJ-020-2005, in order to work together and this group of Co-management launches a management plan for the conservation and sustainable use of turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting on Ostional beach.
Representatives of the ADIO, UCR, INCOPESCA and SINAC developed jointly and by consensus four products that were the basis for the development of the new five-year management proposal:
· a basic characterization of the roles of the actors and the main elements of their experience, which identified the keys to a successful plan for future use
· an interpretation framework as reference to outline the guidelines of the use plan for the next five years
· the principles governing the plan
· general and specific rules and objectives
The SINAC and INCOPESCA authorization and supervision of the Ostional Development Association (ADIO) to use eggs as a means of subsistence (consumption and sale). The community benefits from consumption of the egg as food and also to receive the economic resources that are distributed between people and social welfare, while contributing to the conservation of the turtle, through the cleaning of the beach and the care Of turtle hatchlings.
One of the most important lessons derived was the fact that it was evident that all this process was effectively a management and conservation model, whose most important strategic results are about maintaining and conserving a habitat that maintains the massive arrivals, the birth and arrival to the sea of more than one million tortuguitas annually, which translates into a significant contribution for the conservation of the turtle population.
The characterization of the actors' roles and the main elements of their historical experience, which allowed us to validate the keys to a successful exploitation plan, with a framework of agreements, norms and rules and decisions shared between the actors indicating the contributions and investments, As well as the obligations during its execution and the usufruct of the benefits, signed and recognized by all the parties involved.